[R-pkg-devel] Warning in system2(..., stdout = FALSE, stderr = FALSE) :, '"pdflatex"' not found

[Spencer Graves]

Hello, All:


       What's the recommended way to get pdflatex installed on Windows 
10 to run "R CMD"?


       I ask, because "R CMD build bssm" under Windows 10 produced 
'Warning in system2(..., stdout = FALSE, stderr = FALSE) : '"pdflatex"' 
not found'.


       This was after installing Rtools using the following (recommended 
by 
"https://thecoatlessprofessor.com/programming/cpp/installing-rtools-for-compiled-code-via-rcpp/"): 



install.packages("installr")
library("installr")
install.Rtools()


       Below please find the output in a commands window including 
"sessionInfo()".


       Thanks,
       Spencer Graves


 >R CMD build bssm
* checking for file 'bssm/DESCRIPTION' ... OK
* preparing 'bssm':
* checking DESCRIPTION meta-information ... OK
* cleaning src
* installing the package to build vignettes
* creating vignettes ... ERROR
--- re-building 'bssm.Rmd' using rmarkdown
[WARNING] Note with key '1' defined at line 318 column 1 but not used.
Warning in system2(..., stdout = FALSE, stderr = FALSE) :
   '"pdflatex"' not found
Error: processing vignette 'bssm.Rmd' failed with diagnostics:
Failed to compile bssm.tex. See https://yihui.name/tinytex/r/#debugging 
for debugging tips.
--- failed re-building 'bssm.Rmd'

--- re-building 'growth_model.Rmd' using rmarkdown
Warning in system2(..., stdout = FALSE, stderr = FALSE) :
   '"pdflatex"' not found
Error: processing vignette 'growth_model.Rmd' failed with diagnostics:
Failed to compile growth_model.tex. See 
https://yihui.name/tinytex/r/#debugging for debugging tips.
--- failed re-building 'growth_model.Rmd'

SUMMARY: processing the following files failed:
   'bssm.Rmd' 'growth_model.Rmd'

Error: Vignette re-building failed.
Execution halted

C:\Users\spenc\Documents\R\bssm\bssm>
C:\Users\spenc\Documents\R\bssm\bssm>pdflatex
'pdflatex' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\spenc\Documents\R\bssm\bssm>r

R version 3.6.1 (2019-07-05) -- "Action of the Toes"
Copyright (C) 2019 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64 (64-bit)

R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
You are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions.
Type 'license()' or 'licence()' for distribution details.

   Natural language support but running in an English locale

R is a collaborative project with many contributors.
Type 'contributors()' for more information and
'citation()' on how to cite R or R packages in publications.

Type 'demo()' for some demos, 'help()' for on-line help, or
'help.start()' for an HTML browser interface to help.
Type 'q()' to quit R.

 > sessionInfo()
R version 3.6.1 (2019-07-05)
Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64 (64-bit)
Running under: Windows 10 x64 (build 18362)

Matrix products: default

locale:
[1] LC_COLLATE=English_United States.1252
[2] LC_CTYPE=English_United States.1252
[3] LC_MONETARY=English_United States.1252
[4] LC_NUMERIC=C
[5] LC_TIME=English_United States.1252

attached base packages:
[1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base

loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
[1] compiler_3.6.1

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